Hello, Birders.
Twelve of us had a fine time at the Carpenter Ranch [PRIVATE], Routt County, yesterday, Saturday, June 29th. No rarities to speak of for us, but we pretty much cleaned up on all the expected specialty species of the ranch, finding:
5 Sandhill Cranes
a minimum of 11 Willow Flycatcher (an outstanding, perhaps unprecedented, breeding-season count for Colorado)
2 Veeries
5 Swainson's Thrushes
8 Gray Catbirds
3 Fox Sparrows
5 Bobolinks
Some other items of note:
a male Red-naped Sapsucker with extreme red on the head; we wondered if this bird had some Red-breasted Sapsucker ancestry
an unseen "Rufous-sided" Towhee with a funky, somewhat Eastern-ish song
Lots of Common Mergansers, including one hen with 14 chicks
Orange-crowned Warblers and Green-tailed Towhees singing on the dry hillsides
beautiful Cedar Waxwings everywhere
Thanks to the Carpenter Ranch and the Yampa River Birding Club for a great outing!
Ted Floyd
tedfloyd57@hotmail.com
Lafayette, Boulder County, Colorado
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